Aloka David Smith new interview

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Karalee Peltomaa, modificat fa 9 anys at 15/08/14 17:28
Created 9 anys ago at 15/08/14 17:28

Aloka David Smith new interview

Apunts: 401 Data d'incorporació: 19/06/14 Publicacions recents
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Florian, modificat fa 9 anys at 16/08/14 08:46
Created 9 anys ago at 16/08/14 08:45

RE: Aloka David Smith new interview

Apunts: 1028 Data d'incorporació: 28/04/09 Publicacions recents
I really enjoyed it.

His analysis of Equanimity Ñana and Stream Entry is totally spot on, I think.

I also like his emphasis on emotional development and grounding awareness in the body.

Good stuff, pretty hardcore (in the DhO sense).

There's also an audio version and a podcast feed, via the Batgap Home Page, for those who don't like to sit in front of the computer for hours listening to it

Cheers,
Florian
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Karalee Peltomaa, modificat fa 9 anys at 16/08/14 12:34
Created 9 anys ago at 16/08/14 12:34

RE: Aloka David Smith new interview

Apunts: 401 Data d'incorporació: 19/06/14 Publicacions recents
Yes, it was his emphasis on the basics of the actual doingness'es that eventually brought me to this forum.   For the first time I felt I understood what I was supposed to do and to accomplish while doing it.   

The only thing I bring to the practice that he does not have clearly is a checklist of basic goal sets which I see as the threads of the mind -- just pull the thread and huge segments of the thouight, emotion, effort, and other phenomenon just fall away (eventually).

I like his emphasis on not running away from the mind -- passively facing its turmoil.   He gave me a spine  :-))
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Jason Snyder, modificat fa 9 anys at 17/08/14 13:30
Created 9 anys ago at 17/08/14 13:30

RE: Aloka David Smith new interview

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I absolutely loved how he described his experience through stream entry and his emphasis on getting in the thick of difficult emotions and seeing their true nature. I was however turned off by his dismisal of secular Vipassana and mixing and matching of techniques. 

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